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(No ModeL) I I S. P. WELL-ER, SQWANEE 82: G. ROESCH.

OAR BRAKE.

No. 274,869. I Patefited M21132? N. PETERS, Phnwmmn hd. yfimim. ac.

the following is a specification,

1 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SIMON P. WELLER, SILVANUS WANEE, AND GEORGE ROESGH, OF DENVER, COLORADO,ASSIGNORS OF ON E-FO URTH TO AUGUST RISOHE AND CARL A. FUNKE.

CARI-BRAKE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 274,869, dated March27', 1883. Application filed January 5. 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, SIMON P. WELLER,SILVANUS WANEE, and GEORGE Ro scH, citizens of the United States,residing at Denver, in the county of Arapahoe and State of 0010- rado,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Oar-BrakeGnnections,ot' which reference being had therein to the accompanyingdrawings.

The object of our invention is to supply a simple arrangement ofactuating the levers and rods to a double-actin g brake, 'so as toobtain the largest amount of friction on the carwheels and distributethe strain of the brakeshoes equally on all the wheels.

The nature of our invention consists in the arrangementofrailway-car-brakeconnections, as will hereinafterbe more fully setforth.

In order to enable others skilled in the'art to which ourinventionappertaius to make and i use the same, we will now proceed to describeits construction and operation, referring to the annexed drawings, inwhich- Figure l is a side elevation of brake connecting-rods andequalizer. Fig. 2 is a plan of the rods and equalizer when attached tothe brake-staff wheel. Fig. 3 is a plan of rods and equalizer, showingthe arrangement for attachiug air, steam, or vacuum brake.

*A represents a rod connected at one end to the brake-stafi' chain D,which is fixed to the lower endof stafl D.

A is the equalizing-bar, coniiected to one end of lever B by rod F;

stafl's D at the same time with the air or vacuum brake; or eitherdependentlp of the other.

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim as new, anddesire to secure by LettersiPatent, is-

In a car-brake, the rod A, equalizer A, rod F, and lever B, incombination with the rods and H, the whole being connected in the mannerand for the purposes set forth.

one can be used in- In testimony whereof we affix our signatures inpresence of two witnesses.

S. P.-VVELLER.. SILVANUS WANEE. GEO. ROESOH.

Witnesses: ELLIS J. AGNEW,

W. GOR'ION THOMAS.

